Senior Aerodynamics Engineer, Air Vehicles

The role

This person will perform aerodynamic design and analysis for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms. They will manage the full development lifecycle from conceptual design to flight test execution.

What you will do

• Aerodynamic design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detail design maturities
• Aerodynamic analysis of unmanned air vehicles using low and high order methods
• Analysis tool development and improvement
• Stability and control analysis
• Aircraft performance modeling and simulation
• Aerodynamic loads generation
• Wind tunnel test planning, execution, and analysis
• Flight test planning, execution, and analysis

Required qualifications

• BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering
• 8+ work experience as an individual contributing engineer
• Experience with aircraft performance and analysis predictions
• Competent in a variety of aerodynamic analysis techniques including hand calculations, vortex, lattice methods, panel methods, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Wind tunnel and flight test experience including data acquisition, data analysis and project coordination
• Strong programming skills in higher-level languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python) for internal tool development in a version-controlled environment
• Experience preparing formal documentation (i.e., specifications, test procedures, technical reports, etc.)
• Passion for defending the United States and her allies
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• StarCCM+ experience
• Ice accretion or icing analysis experience
• Missile DATCOM, OTIS, or DYMOS
• Experience with transonic and supersonic flow regimes
• Active U.S. Secret security clearance

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their systems are powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.